Administrative
Report
H.6., File # 26-0277 Meeting Date: 3/3/2026
To: MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL
From: ELEANOR MANZANO, CITY CLERK
TITLE
EXCUSED ABSENCES FROM VARIOUS COMMISSION AND COMMITTEE MEETINGS
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Commissioner/Member Board/Commission/Committee Meeting Date Natalie Hwang Youth November 6, 2025
Kaia Weiss Youth November 6, 2025
Orhan Taner Cultural Arts November 19, 2025
Michelle Gold Cultural Arts November 19, 2025
Juan Melendez Cultural Arts November 19, 2025
Roger Light Planning November 20, 2025
Olivia Reeds Youth December 4, 2025
Christopher McCauley Public Amenities December 10, 2025 Jeffrey Rowe Public Amenities December 10, 2025
Kylie Cho Youth January 7, 2026
Jeffrey Rowe Public Amenities January 14, 2026
Edward Caldwell Public Amenities January 14, 2026
Desiree Galassi Public Amenities February 11, 2026
Candace Nafissi Public Works & Sustainability February 23, 2026 On November 5, 2025, the City Clerk received notification from Commissioner Weiss, requesting an excused absence for the November 6, 2025, Youth Commission meeting for personal reasons.
On November 6, 2025, the City Clerk received notification from Commissioner Hwang, requesting an excused absence for the November 6, 2025, Youth Commission meeting for personal reasons.
On November 2, 2025, the City Clerk received notification from Commissioner Gold, requesting an excused absence for the November 19, 2025, Cultural Arts Commission meeting for personal reasons.
On November 18, 2025, the City Clerk received notification from Commissioner Taner, requesting an excused absence for the November 19, 2025, Cultural Arts Commission meeting for personal
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reasons.
On November 25, 2025, the City Clerk received notification from Commissioner Melendez, requesting an excused absence for the November 19, 2025, Cultural Arts Commission meeting for personal reasons.
On November 3, 2025, the City Clerk received notification from Commissioner Light, requesting an excused absence for the November 20, 2025, Planning Commission meeting for personal reasons.
On December 1, 2025, the City Clerk received notification from Commissioner Reeds, requesting an excused absence for the December 4, 2025, Youth Commission meeting for personal reasons.
On December 10, 2025, the City Clerk received notification from Commissioner McCauley, requesting an excused absence for the December 10, 2025, Public Amenities Commission meeting for personal reasons.
On December 4, 2025, the City Clerk received notification from Commissioner Rowe, requesting an excused absence for the December 10, 2025 and January 14, 2026, Public Amenities Commission meeting for personal reasons.
On January 6, 2025, the City Clerk received notification from Commissioner Cho, requesting an excused absence for the January 7, 2026, Youth Commission meeting for personal reasons.
On January 14, 2026, the City Clerk received notification from Commissioner Caldwell, requesting an excused absence for the January 14, 2026, Public Amenities Commission meeting for personal reasons.
On January 29, 2026, the City Clerk received notification from Commissioner Galassi, requesting an excused absence for the February 11, 2026, Public Amenities Commission meeting for personal reasons.
On February 23, 2026, the City Clerk received notification from Commissioner Nafissi, requesting an excused absence for the February 23, 2026, Public Works Commission meeting for personal reasons.
BACKGROUND
As of September 3, 2019, the City Council authorized the City Clerk to revise the policy pertaining to requests for excused absences, whereby Board Members and Commissioners are required to communicate impending absences directly to the City Clerk for processing.
Pursuant to Sec 2-9.107 of Redondo Beach Municipal Code in order for absences from regular meetings of City Commissions to be considered excused absences, permission must be requested from the City Council and approval must be expressed in the official minutes of the Council.
H.6., File # 26-0277 Meeting Date: 3/3/2026
APPROVED BY:
Eleanor Manzano, City Clerk
FISCAL IMPACT
None